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Your Cost of Driving vs. Riding DART

Do your share for cleaner air.

Since an estimated 55 percent of air pollution in North Texas is caused by emissions from vehicles such as cars and trucks, the most important thing any North Texan can do to improve air quality is to drive less. (View more air quality resource links)

Riding DART can save you money and help you do your share for cleaner air.

North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) has an extensive network of toll roads. Click here to view a toll road map and rate information.

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An $80 Local Monthly Pass or a $800 Local Annual Pass includes all DART buses, DART Rail, DART On-Call, FLEX service and service on the Trinity Railway Express (TRE) between Union Station and CentrePort/DFW Airport Station. (Service on Express Route 282 requires a System fare, see the DART fares page for more information.)

A $160 Regional Monthly Pass or a $1,600 Regional Annual Pass includes all DART buses, DART Rail, DART On-Call, FLEX service, all TRE service plus The T buses in Fort Worth and DCTA buses and A-train in Denton County.

It's up to each of us to take responsibility for the air we breathe.On 6.23.17, North Texans joined in doing at least one extra thing for clean air. Previously on July 7, Clean Air Action Day is now the first Friday of summer every year. Incorporate a clean air strategy when traveling to work, making Friday night plans, getting the weekend started early with a trip to the lake or in another way.

** Estimate provided by the AAA publication, Your Driving Costs, updated by AAA every spring. In coming up with the estimate of 56.46 cents above, AAA figures in average fuel, routine maintenance, tires, insurance, license and registration, loan finance charges and depreciation costs for an automobile that is driven 15,000 miles per year. Excludes loan payment. Fuel costs were based on average prices for the 12 months ending May 31, 2017 of $2.39 per gallon. This estimate is provided by AAA.

Your estimated monthly cost of driving calculation does not include the average fuel price of $2.39 per gallon provided by AAA in order to allow for a current gas price calculation to be performed.
[56.46¢ - 10.26¢ = 46.20¢. For the purposes of this estimate, number used for adjusted average cost per-mile is 46¢. Please see page 8-9 of 2017 Your Driving Costs PDF for more information about the AAA estimate.]

AAA has been conducting this annual analysis since 1950. That year, driving a car 10,000 miles annually cost 9 cents a mile, and gasoline sold for 27 cents per gallon.